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Pnictes asphyxiatus (Jordan, 1889)

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Common names: Linguado, Sóia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from a collection from the Rio Amazonas and from the holotype, whose locality data is unclear (Goyaz, Brazil). The following comment accompanies the specimen label: " Probably somewhere in the Tocantins-Araguaia system. Collected after the conclusion of the Tayer Expedition, at Agassiz's specific request, for comparison with lower Rio Tocantins material. Isbrücker (1973:174) suggests that the locality is "Rio Araguaia drainage, upper course of Rio Vermelho at Goiás (15°57'S 50°07'W), but this has not been positively confirmed" (Ref. 49504).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ramos, R.T.C., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sóia, Linguado, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Achiridae (American soles)
Etymology: Pnictes: Greek, pniktos, -os, -on = suffocated (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Jordan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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